Christian Web News - Over one million, empty, red envelopes have entered into the White House mail room, symbolizing the empty promise of lives snuffed out in abortion.
The Red Envelope Project is an idea that came from the prayers of a Massachusetts man, Christ Otto, who envisioned thousands of red envelopes sent to the White House, an expression of moral protest over the president's position on abortion. On the backs of the envelopes, senders write a message Otto composed: "This envelope represents one child who died in abortion. It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception." "We are trying to change the president's heart," Otto writes. "This is a message to a man that God hears the cry of innocent blood. It is not a political stunt, although I hope it changes policy in Washington. If the capital is flooded with so many letters that no one can deny it, I am hoping the image will be burned into Barack Obama's mind that this is about human blood, and that he lies awake at night until he cannot resist doing something about it." "I sent an email to 120 people who pray for me daily, and asked them if they wouldn't mind sending a red envelope, and if they thought it was a good idea, forwarding it on to their friends," Otto told WND. "About a week and half later, a friend told me to Google it, and I found about 30 blogs dedicated to the red envelopes." Otto told WND a few days later, he began receiving contacts from national pro-life organizations and churches that had decided to join the effort. By February, Otto learned of a Texas man named Brian Potter, who set March 31 as Red Envelope Day, a day when supporters would drop hundreds of thousands of the red envelopes in the mail and delivering them to the White House near the beginning of Holy Week, just prior to the start of Passover.
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